Parents Of Man Killed In Disneyland Accident File Wrongful Death Suit
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The parents of a 22-year-old Gardena man killed in a Disneyland roller coaster accident last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company.
Marcelo Torres suffered severe blunt force trauma and died of extensive internal bleeding in the September fifth, 2003, accident. Ten others were injured.
Torres died when the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster's locomotive ...
Disney's Controversial Online Games
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Some media watchers are crying foul over Disney's plans to offer online advergaming to kids in an attempt to get the tots to con their parents into taking them to one of the parks.
Starting May 5, Disney will offer an online multiplayer game called "Virtual Magic Kingdom", targeted at 8- to 12-year-olds, as part of Disneyland's 50th anniversary.
"We hope it becomes a real hangout for preteens and ...
Honda And Disneyland Resort Form Strategic Alliance
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A new 10-year business alliance was announced today between American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and the Disneyland Resort that provides sponsorship of the theme park's new 50th Anniversary fireworks show and its annual Grad Nite celebrations.
The parties are also in the process of finalizing an agreement to develop a new exhibit at Innoventions in Tomorrowland that may feature ASIMO, Honda's advanced ...
Disney Halts Famed 'I'm Going' Super Bowl Ads
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Who is going to Disney World after winning the Super Bowl on Feb. 6?
Nobody, because after 19 years the Magic Kingdom has elected to halt the promotional series in which a star of the game proclaims he is headed for the popular Florida theme park.
The absence of the promotion by family-oriented Disney comes as the NFL attempts to clean up the Super Bowl after Janet Jackson's breast-exposing ...
Disneyland Resort Promotes Claire Bilby To Senior Vice President
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The Disneyland Resort announced today that Claire Bilby has been promoted to senior vice president, Sales and Distribution Marketing.
In her new role, Bilby will continue leading all sales efforts and work closely with a variety of travel industry partners to maximize Resort sales opportunities.
"Claire is a very talented executive," said Matt Ouimet, president of the Disneyland Resort. "She brings ...
The Big 5-0 For Disneyland
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From a roaming dinosaur to new rides to an online computer game, Disney will offer new attractions and spectacles at all of its parks this year to mark the 50th anniversary of Disneyland.
The flagship park in Anaheim, Calif., opened in July 1955. A celebration kicks off May 5 with festivities there and at the other Disney parks in Florida, France and Japan, said Jay Rasulo, president of Walt Disney ...
Lawsuit Claims Disney Pilfered Idea For Movie
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Walt Disney Pictures says its 2003 blockbuster, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, is based on rides at the Magic Kingdom and Disneyland.
But a Seminole County man claims some character names and plot points were pirated from a low-budget short film he made in the mid-1990s.
Royce Mathew of Altamonte Springs outlined his case in a 200-page lawsuit, with another 186 pages of ...
Leann Rimes Records 'Remember When' The Anthem Song For The 50th Anniversary Of Disneyland
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As part of the "Happiest Celebration On Earth," Disney's global tribute to the 50th anniversary of Disneyland, Grammy Award-winning country singing star LeAnn Rimes has recorded the official anthem song of the celebration, "Remember When." The announcement was made today at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.
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Clear Channel Radio Unveils Plans To Promote The Most Unforgettable Event In Disney Theme Park History
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National Campaign Celebrating 50 years of Disney Theme Parks to Air on More than 400 Clear Channel Radio Stations
Clear Channel Radio today announced a major campaign to promote a global celebration that marks 50 years of Disney theme parks. More than 400 Clear Channel Radio stations across the country have committed to airing promotional spots that provide event details for the "Happiest Celebration ...
Disneyland Celebrates 50 Years
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Disneyland, an oasis of niceness in a cynical world wracked by terrorism, war and scandal, celebrates its 50th anniversary on May 5.
And what a birthday party it promises to be: 18 months of "the Happiest Homecoming on Earth", starring every Disney character you know, from Mickey Mouse to Mary Poppins.
Julie Andrews, who won the best-actress Oscar for her role in Disney's classic 1964 Mary ...
Disneyland's Five-O--California's Storied Theme Park Celebrates A Half-Century Of Mouse Ears And Family Cheers
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Disney was inspired a half-century ago to build a special amusement park in California-a place where adults and children would be amazed by a tropical forest, astonished by a fairy tale castle and astounded by sights of the space age.
Disney, a man of creativity, talent and perseverance, ran a successful movie studio where he put in a lot of hours. He also was father to two young girls and, as he once ...
New Study Finds The Disneyland Resort Generates $3.6 Billion For Region, Supports 65,700 Jobs
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The Disneyland Resort is a driving force for jobs and economic activity, contributing $3.6 billion in annual economic impact and supporting approximately 65,700 jobs throughout southern California, and is a critical driver of tourism to the area, according to a new economic impact study released today.
The study, which was commissioned by the Disneyland Resort and prepared by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), ...
Disneyland Resort Contributed Nearly $10 Million To Local Community In 2004
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The Disneyland Resort and its Cast Members contributed nearly $10 million during 2004 in cash, in-kind donations and volunteer service to hundreds of non-profit organizations, touching the lives of thousands of residents in Southern California. The findings are part of the Resort's 2004 Community Relations report released today during a "State of the Resort" hosted by Disneyland Resort President Matt ...
Linkletter Returns To Disneyland
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Art Linkletter, who hosted the television broadcast of the opening of Disneyland in 1955, returned to the park to help preview Disneyland's 50th anniversary plans.
Linkletter, who will turn 93 this summer as the Southern California resort celebrates its birthday, reminisced on Friday about hosting the live television coverage of the park's opening.
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Disneyland Ride To Reopen
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Disneyland will reopen Space Mountain this summer after a two-year overhaul.
The indoor roller coaster was 26 years old and its track needed major work when it was closed in April 2003.
It will debut on July 15 -- in time for Disneyland's official 50th anniversary on July 17 -- and will sport new special effects and a Mars-themed ''launch ...
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March 4 was a good day for Pacific Coast Capital Partners (PCCP) and its partner Anaheim Development LLC. First they closed escrow on a 19.3-acre parcel of land adjacent to Disneyland, where they plan to build Anaheim GardenWalk, a 390,000-square-foot mixed-use retail/hotel/timeshare project. Then, CB Richard Ellis released a report touting Disneyland's seemingly endless financial coattails. That animated ...
On Disneyland's 50th, A World Of Cheers
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Has it really been 50 years?
Indeed, it may come as a jolt for baby boomers who still remember the hoopla surrounding its opening, but the world's most famous theme park, Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., celebrates its golden anniversary this summer. And unlike most aging stars, the Happiest Place on Earth isn't being shy about acknowledging the milestone.
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Disneyland Memories Stay Forever Young
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When I read of the battles being waged by soulless egomaniacs for control of the Disney entertainment empire, my mind instinctively retreats to the pre-Beatles 1960s when there was just kindly old Walt and his Wonderful World of Color enchanting my family on a black-and-white TV screen on Sunday nights in Ashland, Ohio.
Walt Disney was a god, conversant in the dialects of ducks and mice, and if ...
Iger To Take Reins At Disney
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Investors had little response Monday to news that Robert Iger will succeed Michael Eisner as CEO of Walt Disney (DIS), the iconic $30 billion-a-year entertainment giant behind Mickey Mouse, ABC and ESPN.
Disney shares inched higher.
Disney said Sunday that Iger, 54, who has been president and chief operating officer since 2000, will become the sixth CEO in Disney's 82-year history on Oct 1. Clearing ...
Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Party Will Start Early And Run 18 Months
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A refurbished old standard, Space Mountain, and a new, high-tech interactive ride, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, will help Disneyland mark its 50th anniversary with a prolonged celebration.
"If there is one year to be at Disneyland, this is it," said Disneyland Resort spokesman Tim O'Day, pitching events that will, in fact, run for 18 months.
Some customers have been given sneak peeks of what's ...
Boy Severs Thumb On Disneyland Ride
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A 4-year-old boy broke a finger and severed the tip of his thumb while on the Storybook Land Canal Boats ride at Disneyland, forcing the ride to close for nearly two days while state authorities investigated the accident.
The accident occurred Wednesday when the child's fingers were pinched between the boat and the dock while passengers were unloading, according to the California Division of ...
Disneyland Alters Ride After Boy Is Injured
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Disneyland has made state-ordered adjustments to its Storybook Land Canal Boats and reopened the attraction Friday, two days after a 4-year-old severed the tip of his thumb on the ride.
The boy, who had gripped the edge of the boat when it docked, was injured when an adult stepped on the edge of the boat while disembarking, causing it to rock and pinching the boy's thumb between the dock and boat, ...
Disneyland Turns The Big 5-0
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WHAT: "The Happiest Homecoming on Earth," the 50th anniversary celebration of the opening of Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. Anaheim is 27 miles south of Los Angeles and 100 miles north of San Diego.
* WHEN: The 18-month fete begins May 5 and runs through October 2006, which means there's no rush to get there -- especially since Disney sources concede that, just like 50 years ago, not everything will ...
Frantic Kingdom: A Wild Ride In Search Of Lost Sister
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It was 1968, and Mom had volunteered to take us four girls from Portland to Disneyland while Dad was on a business trip.
We were a handful - I was the oldest at 13; Mary was 9; Jean, 5; and Sarah, 3. And we had big plans: the Matterhorn, Teacups, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Sleeping Beauty's Castle and those nutty submarines that weren't even completely submerged.
The first couple of days were fun in ...
Disney Magic: 'Tour' Vanishes
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There's probably no good reason to write about society's renegades, but when they take on corporate giants like the Walt Disney Co. and they're as good-natured as Jim Hill and they live in a log cabin in New Hampshire .
So, here's a quick Mouse tale of how Hill, a 46-year-old blogger, came to lead a tour at Disneyland and got expelled from the park last Sunday.
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Terror On The Water: Stuck In Disney's 'It's A Small World'
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At the mention of the four simple words that follow, our minds dull with repetition, our jowls sag - weary from constant frowning, our eyes slam shut, our teeth clench, our entire bodies become rigid. Anti-anxiety pills streak past water as a prime lifesaving supplement.
Well, that happens to me, anyway.
The words? "It's a Small World."
I hate those words, and I hate that ride.
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Urban myths abound about how Walt Disney picked Anaheim as the home for Disneyland. The most likely determinant: an economic study he commissioned in the early 1950s.
Disney tapped Stanford Research Institute, then part of Stanford University, to find the best spot for an amusement park in Southern California.
Based on projected population growth and climate, the nod went to Anaheim-over Santa ...
Disney Live! Winnie The Pooh
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Disney Live! Must be every kid's dream come true. Who amongst us hasn't sat there while watching a Disney film and thought:
'Wouldn't it be amazing if all those characters were real?''
Dads! Get your mind out the gutter. I'm not talking about Snow White, Cinderella or Cruellá deVil (hmmn, kinky), I mean Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Dumbo and, maybe most of all, Pinocchio.
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Robert Iger's First Big Decision
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Who will he pick to succeed him as Disney president? Here's a good choice: Dick Cook, head of the studio and a well-liked Hollywood pro
It didn't take Bob Iger long to put his imprint on Disney (DIS ). Scarcely two weeks after being selected to succeed Michael Eisner as Disney CEO -- and six months before he's scheduled to take the job -- Iger engineered a restructuring of Disney's strategic planning ...
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515 million: Number of guests the park has welcomed since it opened.
26 million: Hand towels used in Disneyland's restrooms during the year.
13.3 million: Guests welcomed last year, making it the second-most-visited theme park in the country. Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Fla., was No. 1, with 15.1 million.
4 million: Hamburgers sold at the park each year.
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Disney Challenges Stricter Ride Oversight In California
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Walt Disney Co. is seeking to overturn a California court ruling that it says would impose the heightened safety standards that cover buses and passenger trains on roller coasters and theme park rides.
California's Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments in a case that stems from the death of a 23-year-old woman who died after riding on the Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland.
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Disney Fights Common Carrier Regulations In California
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Walt Disney Co. continues to fight against a contention that operators of amusement rides be considered common carriers and as such be held to the utmost standard of care when deciding liability for injuries suffered by riders.
In a continuation of a case stemming from the death five years ago of a 23-year-old Disneyland visitor, the California Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments on whether ...
Maintaining The Magic
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Happiest Place on Earth? Not Disneyland on its opening day - not even close.
People weren't even very happy trying to get to the new park on July 17, 1955, as cars backed up for seven miles on the Santa Ana Freeway. Meanwhile, at the park itself, rides broke down, restaurants ran out of food, and, thanks to a plumbers strike, there were no drinking fountains on a scorching summer day.
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In Step With The Mouse, Disneyland's Opening Was A Wild Adventure
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No one said magic would be easy. Still, 50 years later, what almost no one remembers is the opening day that stumbled like Dumbo dancing in leg irons.
When the widely anticipated, but hardly completed, Disneyland opened its doors on July 17, 1955, so eager was the world to share Walt Disney's dream that instead of 6,000 invited guests, more than 28,000 people - most armed with counterfeit tickets - ...
Disney Celebrates With New Attractions
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The 50th anniversary bash will last for 18 months -- long enough to give every Disney fan on the planet a chance to attend the party.
Most of these changes will premiere May 5 (that's 05/05/05 for numerical emphasis):
* A new parade, ``Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams,'' will feature floats that become mini-stage shows, music and more than 50 Disney characters. Performances twice a day, once in the ...
Disneyland At 50: Walt's Wild Ride
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"Hotter than hell" is how Art Linkletter, the emcee and Walt Disney's longtime friend, remembers it. "The asphalt had just been rolled and people's shoes got stuck in it. But we carried on. We didn't worry about stuff like that."
Fifty years is a long time, but those who were there when Disneyland opened its gates on July 17, 1955, still remember the tiniest details -- rides that broke down, wet paint ...
Disneyland Celebrates 50 Years Of Magic
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How is it possible that a tiny plot of 130 acres has brought joy to more children -- and adults -- than any place on the planet in the past 50 years?
It's astounding that for half a century, kids have been plunking sweaty coins into piggy banks to get here. That the phrase "We're going to Disneyland" can make young hearts jump with joy months ahead of the date.
This year is the 50th anniversary ...
What's New At Disneyland
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A half-dozen new or revitalized attractions will be unveiled May 4: Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters: Piloting individual Space Cruisers in Tomorrowland, riders fire laser cannons at targets to protect outer space from the evil forces of Emperor Zurg. Total scores appear in the Space Cruiser at the end of each ride. But get this: Via the Internet, at-home participants can team up with in-park riders to ...
Hints And Tips For Disneyland
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You can splurge or conserve on a trip to Disneyland, but Beth Van Horn, vice president of Travel Services for AAA Oregon/Idaho, suggests that $2,000 is a reasonable budget for a family of four to spend six days/five nights at Disneyland -- plus airfare or gasoline, and souvenirs.
That's based on a package deal (including meals and park admission tickets) in an economy hotel outside the park. To stay ...
A Disneyland Chronology
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Summer 1948: Walt Disney visits the Chicago Railroad Fair, a spectacle that spurs his dream for a "Mickey Mouse Park."
June 1953: Stanford Research Institute is tapped to conduct a survey for a site within metropolitan Los Angeles and accessible by freeway. Search ends with purchase of 160 acres of orange groves in Anaheim.
July 21, 1954: Construction of Disneyland begins.
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Glaring Glitches Aside, The Debut Was Glorious
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It was sweltering that day. And crowded. People swarmed to the entrance to Disneyland even if they didn't have tickets, that's how eager they were to get inside.
"Hotter than hell" is how Art Linkletter, the emcee and Walt Disney's longtime friend, remembers the opening day of Disneyland July 17, 1955.
"The asphalt had just been rolled, and people's shoes got stuck in it. But we carried on. We ...
Disneyland Giving 18-Month Anniversary Party
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The 50th anniversary bash will last 18 months - long enough to give every Disney fan on the planet a chance to attend the party.
Most of these changes will premiere Thursday (that's 05/05/05, a date Disneyland chose for numerical emphasis):
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Magical Memories
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Disneyland was built on a dream. And it was Walt Disney's dream that has made millions of wishes come true during the past 50 years.
Hundreds of millions of wishes, really. And also special moments - first dates and honeymoons, birthdays and anniversaries, and fun days spent with kids and later with grandkids.
Several weeks ago, we asked readers to recall their favorite Disneyland memories.
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Your Best Or Worst Memory Of Disneyland?
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Disneyland '59 was the scene of a double date gone bad. My boyfriend and my best friend were sneaking around the attractions behind my back. Her "date" was in on the deception. At a serendipitous Disneyland reunion in '94, the same old boyfriend belatedly apologized with an expensive gift..
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My mother took me to Disneyland for my ...
Confessions Of A Disneyland Junkie
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Disneyland junkie. That's me.
I just can't get enough of the place.
There truly is something magical that happens when you pass through the tunnel and enter Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom.
It feels like that passion has been with me forever, because for as long as I can remember, I have been in complete awe of Walt Disney's boundless imagination, and everything at Disneyland exemplifies that.
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Discovering Disneyland
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You have to look quickly, and you have to know exactly where to look. But if you do, you'll catch a pretty cool inside joke at Disneyland.
On the Star Tours ride, just before your runaway Starspeeder exits the space station, keep your eye on the lower right side of the screen: You flash past what looks like a giant electron microscope. Old-timers will recognize it as the Mighty Microscope from ...
50 Ways To Love Disneyland
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Mickey Mouse is planning a blowout as Disneyland Resort in California celebrates its 50th anniversary, starting Thursday.
Sure, it'll be hot, and the lines will be long. But you know you want to go: the Matterhorn; Mickey-shaped, chocolate-covered ice cream; mouse ears with your name embroidered on the back. Arizona is second only to California for the number of people who make the pilgrimage to the ...
Disneyland Celebrates A Half-Century Of Joy
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From Sleeping Beauty's castle to the spinning teacups, the magic of Disneyland has endured for 50 years. The 60-acre Anaheim park opened on July 17, 1955, but Disney officials aren't waiting for summer. They'll kick off 18 months of celebration on Thursday.
We knew there had to be desert residents who were there, enjoying the fun on that first day, and that the park would continue to attract fans for ...
Disneyland Then And Now
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Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week in summer; closed Mondays the rest of the year.
Size: 60 acres, plus 100 acres for parking.
Zones: Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Main Street USA 18 attarctions
Admission: $1 (including tax) for adults. 50 cents for children. Ride tickets, sold separately, priced from 10 to 35 cents.
Employees: About 1,000
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Disney Courts The Pod People
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Could podcasts one day replace broadcasts?
The Walt Disney Co. will give the new techno-trend a boost today when it starts podcasting festivities that will lead up to Disneyland's 50th anniversary celebration, which kicks off Thursday.
"This all goes back to Walt's legacy," said Duncan Wardle, a spokesman for Burbank-based Disney. "Walt is the first person to put sound on animated film. And we ...
Ex-Reporter Goes Full Circle With Disneyland 50th
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Fifty years ago, Charlie Ridgway was a reporter working for the Los Angeles Mirror-News.
On a scorching day in July, he set out to cover the opening of Disneyland -- never realizing that Mickey Mouse would become a central figure in his life.
Back then, a lot of people thought that Walt Disney, the animator, was -- as my Southern family would say -- a little touched. He'd spent $17 million on an ...
Disneyland Closed For Birthday-Bash Preview
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Disneyland is closed to the public today as 1,200 journalists and special guests get a sneak peek of attractions that are part of the 50th anniversary. The official celebration begins Thursday.
Disneyland has rarely been closed since it became a 365-day-a-year operation in 1986. It did not open on Sept. 11, 2001.
Disneyland's 50th birthday is July 17, but the company chose the date 05-05-05 to ...
Disney's Golden Opportunity
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Today is a big day for Disney. It's when the company kicks off Disneyland's 50th anniversary celebration by officially launching new rides and attractions at most of its parks while announcing plans for even more potential tourist magnets in the future.
It's easy to get lost in all of the celebratory glitz behind the so-called Happiest Celebration on Earth. This is a mouse-eared merchandising dream ...
Mickey And Friends Celebrate Disneyland's 50th Birthday
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Disneyland kicked off its "Happiest Celebration on Earth" Thursday, an 18-month-long event to commemorate its 50th birthday.
The celebration pays tribute to Walt Disney's dream of Disneyland, the original park that launched a series of Disney theme parks around the world.
"The dawn of the theme park industry rose from one man's dream as he walked Anaheim orange groves more than 50 years ago, and ...
Disneyland Remains Forever Young
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The last time I went to Disneyland I got to drive the jeep in the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ride. Unfortunately, my family disobeyed instructions and looked into the eye of the idol, so we were condemned to a terrifying adventure before finally returning safely to the loading dock.
The sense of triumph I derived from what was a predictable outcome far exceeded its intrinsic worth and makes ...
Disneyland Begins 50th Anniversary Celebration
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Backed by the sound of trumpets, the release of doves and the explosion of fireworks, Julie Andrews stood before Sleeping Beauty Castle Thursday to kick off Disneyland's 18-month birthday celebration.
Andrews, dressed in a white suit, stood with Dakota Sandak, who has appeared in a Disney commercial, and said, "Do it together, one, two, Welcome Home!"
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Disneyland At 50: Readers Share Past Disneyland Delights
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It was the summer before first grade, and John Quisling had learned a new word. He'd heard it on the radio and listened to his parents talk about it and wondered if it could be as magical as everyone said.
Disneyland did not disappoint.
The Santa Ana, Calif., boy and his family visited the innovative park just days after it opened 50 years ago this summer on July 17, 1955. Quisling, now 55 and ...
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Mickey and Minnie Mouse welcomed some famous friends to their Disneyland home Wednesday to help the theme park kick off its Happiest Homecoming 50th anniversary celebration, which continues through the end of 2006.
Former Mouseketeer Christina Aguilera was spotted in the Haunted Mansion, wrapped in the arms of her fiance, music exec Jordan Bratman.
Jim Belushi and his young son, Jared, ...
A Restless Dreamer And A Prolific Creator
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As Disneyland launches its 50th birthday celebration, it seems appropriate to consider the founding father who turned his last name into an enduring brand and created a media giant that bestrides the planet. Walt Disney, as many have noted with varying degrees of accuracy, was not always the kindly, genial Uncle Walt who cared only about making children laugh. He was much more complex and more interesting. ...
Disneyland Gets Its 50th Party Started
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Here's what's new for Disneyland's 50th anniversary, an event being celebrated at Disney parks around the world starting this weekend. All attractions are at Disneyland, unless otherwise noted.
50 Magical Years: Exhibit and film about how Disneyland was created. Open daily in the Opera House.
Parade of Dreams: Seven floats, huge puppets, 104 performers; 4 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.
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I have the hots for a 50-year-old
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In fact, I've been enamoured - maybe even slightly obsessed - ever since I met her when I was eight and she was ... um ... well, a lot older.
I'm not going to try and continue this pervy bit of deception any longer than that, because it will take you all of two seconds to realize that I'm not talking about a woman (though my much crushed-upon seventh-grade math teacher would be approaching 50 now, ...
At Least 50 Reasons To Make A Trip To Disneyland
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If the early reviews are any indication, this will really be a happy birthday at Disneyland.
The theme park, which turns 50 on July 17, lit the candles on its anniversary celebration Wednesday with the official debut of a nightly fireworks show, the most elaborate in its history. And the next morning, park officials took the wrappings off two new attractions for Disneyland's next-door neighbor, Disney's ...
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I was at Disneyland when it opened for the public on Monday, July 18, 1955. Since I have some facts about that event that many websites evidently haven't known, I thought you might like to publish them:
It's true that Roy Disney, Walt's brother, requested the first printed ticket for his grandchildren's memorabilia.
It's also true that the park opened the previous day (Sunday) for a preview for ...
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Last week, Disneyland kicked off its golden-anniversary celebration by waxing nostalgic as well as announcing some new attractions that will be coming to Disney's West Coast theme parks. Over at Disney's California Adventure, the young park's horrendous Superstar Limo ride will be replaced with a family ride themed to the animated hit Monsters, Inc., while Finding Nemo characters will soon leave their ...
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Disneyland's golden anniversary party began Thursday and will run through Thanksgiving 2006. We asked Bee readers to share memories of the park's early days. Here's what they recalled. Pop on your golden mouse ears and take a trip back in time ...
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Dear Walt, Thanks For The Memories
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From smooching in the tunnels to wide-eyed kids and sobbing adults, our readers have been through it all in Disneyland's 50 years.
We've chosen excerpts from our favorite stories and photos among scores of tales told by readers who've paid countless visits to "The Happiest Place on Earth."
Disney's celebration begins this week and runs for 18 months - some birthday party! Ours starts today.
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Fifty-years seems all too short a time to go from not existing at all, to being the most famous holiday destination on earth.
Indeed, it's doubtful Walt Disney himself - whose opening-day optimism was only slightly shaken by melting asphalt and overflowing toilets - could have imagined the enduring omnipresence of what is, essentially, a glorified fun fair.
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Pam Wells has been to Disneyland, she estimates, 50 times in her 43 years. In fact, she's going again this weekend, for her 44th birthday. She can still remember being too excited to sleep the night before a Disneyland outing. And she can list all the places you used to be able to make out and/or smoke pot (Monsanto, the Sky Buckets) back in her teenage days. She talks of the days of E Tickets. She can ...
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After half a century, those mad teacups are still spinning, the baby elephants are still flying, the hippos' ears are still wiggling and the cash registers are still jingling.
Disneyland, a place both timeless and frozen in time, hits a milestone this summer when it turns 50 in Anaheim, Calif.
But not everybody sees the self-proclaimed Happiest Place on Earth as exactly that. A feisty band of ...
Disneyland's Longtime Tinkerbell Turns In Her Wings
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Nearly every summer night for 21 years, Tinkerbell floated down from Disneyland's Matterhorn peak, far above the crowds of cheering children and away into the starry sky.
Then she climbed into her BMW and slogged back home to the Valley.
Now that Gina Rock's run as Tinkerbell is over (Disneyland debuted a fireworks show last week and with it a new Tink), she is writing a motivational book for ...
Voice Of Tony The Tiger Dies At 91
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Thurl Ravenscroft, whose voice was known worldwide through his work in movies, television and at Disneyland, has died of prostate cancer. He was 91.
Tony the Tiger?
That was Mr. Ravenscroft.
Disneyland? Too many voices to mention, but Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion and the Enchanted Tiki Room were all graced by Mr. Ravenscroft's pliable, unique voice.
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Theme Is Summer Fun
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Aaah, summer. Backyard barbecues, playing outdoors, days at the beach.
And as the weather heats up, so do the new thrills at Southern California theme parks.
Aat Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, visitors can go into the deep with a special exhibit charting the course of the blue whale.
Disneyland, as practically everyone knows, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with new rides, ...
Disneyland We Knew
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Since Disneyland is almost officially 50 years old, I guess those of us locals who can remember opening day have to 'fess up to being of a similar age. Though I wasn't there on that famous day, my parents insisted to me that we did visit one time that same summer. I say insist because I have no recollection although I'm told I had a good time despite being scared to death by the wicked witch in the Snow ...
Mickey Mouse Welcomes ASIMO To Disneyland
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Mickey Mouse this week welcomed ASIMO, the world's most advanced humanoid robot, to its new home in the Honda ASIMO Theatre, inside Disneyland park. Guests visiting the popular Innoventions attraction at the park can now see ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) in an all-new live science show, Say 'Hello' to Honda's ASIMO, opening June 2 as part of the theme park's 50th Anniversary celebration.
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After making several appearances in the UK over the last few months, Honda's ASIMO - claimed to be the world's most advanced humanoid robot - has flown across the Atlantic to Disneyland, where it is being demonstrated in a special show included in the rather awkwardly named Innoventions attraction.
The 15-minute act takes place in a simulated home environment and involves walking forwards and ...
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WHAT: The National Museum of American History will receive ride vehicles from two of Disneyland's opening year (1955) attractions: "Dumbo the Flying Elephant" and the "Mad Hatter's Tea Party."
WHEN: Thursday, June 9, 9 a.m.
WHERE: National Museum of American History, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, First floor, West corridor
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Two Magic-Makers Celebrate Life After Disneyland
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The two old men are holding hands. In the sunlight outside the Mountain View, Calif., rest home, while a parakeet sings in the lobby, Ed Morgan and Karl Bacon reach across 60 years of being each other's muse. Among the wrinkles in their faces there are twinkles in their eyes.
They are laughing about the time the elephants refused to fly.
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Amusement Parks Must Be Liable For Safety
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Amusement park operators worried the ruling would lead to more lawsuits without making parks safer, said John Robinson, chief executive of the California Attractions and Parks Association, which filed a legal brief supporting Disney.
Operators of roller coasters and other amusement park rides must be held to the same safety standards that apply to buses, planes and other modes of public transport, the ...
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A roller coaster isn't a bus. But if a thrill-seeking rider is injured, the amusement park will be judged by the same strict standard of care as a transit line, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a wrongful- death suit against Disneyland.
The 4-3 ruling requires operators of "thrill" rides to use "utmost care and diligence'' to protect their passengers, the standard set by an 1872 state ...
When Lost Is Found, Disneyland Is A Happy Place
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Sometimes Disneyland's Lost and Found department returns the missing smile to a child's face by recovering a lost toy. Sometimes it literally returns the hair to a man's head by salvaging a stray toupee
But Kay McFaul, who ran the department for 20 years, witnessed perhaps the biggest change to a visitor's face when she returned a missing item: the woman's glass eyeball.
"Immediately I put out a ...
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Gas prices are climbing, house prices are soaring and Disney theme-park prices are keeping pace.
The regular adult admission ticket jumps to $56 on Monday, and the price for children 3-9 goes to $46. Each price reflects a $3 increase, and it's the second time this year Disney has raised prices for Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure.
The price will be $9 higher than 2003, a 19 percent ...
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I just wanted to be Dopey.
While all the other dwarfs clomped around Disneyland in lock-step, Dopey got to dawdle and wander, hamming it up for adoring tourists - especially teenage girls. When it came to the Seven Dwarfs, Dopey was the big draw.
Me? I wore tights and a loincloth, an embarrassing ensemble for a skinny 14-year-old coming of age in the turbulent 1960s.
I was Mowgli (aka Man ...
For Her, He Was Dad, Not Uncle Walt
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To millions around the world, he was known as Uncle Walt, but to one Napa resident, he was simply Dad.
As Disneyland celebrates its 50th anniversary, Walt Disney's daughter, Diane Disney Miller, agreed to sit down and reminisce. She talked about her father's life and a special gift she's planning at San Francisco's Presidio to honor his memory.
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Disneyland Turns 50 Magic Kingdom's Opening In 1955 Was Treat For All
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The summer of 1955 was magical for two children living in Southern California. Like thousands of others, they visited Disneyland.
But, unlike their peers, the visit by cousins Bill Krauch and Sybil Stanton was part of a revealing peak at the Magic Kingdom weeks before the park opened to the public. Walt Disney personally served as their host and tour guide.
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Last week, the California Supreme Court decided that the "Indiana Jones" amusement park ride at Disneyland was like a city bus. It therefore held that Disneyland owed the duty of "utmost care" of a common carrier to the passengers on the ride.
As I will argue below, the majority opinion in the case is a telling example of bad common law reasoning.
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Woman Hospitalized After Ride At Disneyland
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The Matterhorn at Disneyland reopened Tuesday after a woman who rode the bobsled ride was hospitalized.
The woman said Monday night that she felt sick after the ride. The 62-year-old woman remained hospitalized Tuesday night in critical condition.
"She did go over to guest First Aid and asked if she could lie down," said Maria Sabol of the Anaheim Fire Department. "She did for a while. When ...
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A new PC mini-game available at the Disneyland website allows those playing from their home computers to team up with parkgoers on the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters ride at Disneyland's Tomorrowland area. The home players can use the online game to light up special targets in the real-world park, which their teammate can shoot for extra points. Team scores are saved and ranked on a leaderboard, which is ...
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Disneyland closed the roller-coaster-style Matterhorn Bobsleds ride at its Anaheim, Calif., theme park for about a day to investigate a 62-year-old Peruvian woman's complaints that she became ill while riding, authorities said Wednesday.
Disney officials said in a statement that the ride was closed for about 24 hours so that it could be inspected by state health and safety officials.
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Melissa Tye played Alice in Wonderland at Disneyland from 1997 to 2001.
WAS IT A HARD JOB?
The Fourth of July was always hard. You walk out from backstage, and you're instantly surrounded by 50 people shoving autograph books in your face. You're stuck. It's hot. You can't move. I mean, these people have paid to get ...
Disney Balances Family Image Need For Wild Rides
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Each day, thousands of visitors to Walt Disney Co.'s theme parks ride pulse-pounding attractions that propel them into space, plunge them multiple stories and send them racing along tracks at stomach-churning speeds.
For the most part, visitors ride without worrying much about the risks, especially when the attractions are backed by a trusted, family brand like Disney. But it takes just one ...
First-Ever National 'Golden Ears' Survey
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On the eve of the actual 50th anniversary of Disneyland (July 17, 2005), Disney celebrates 50 years of theme park magic by announcing the results of a national consumer survey, conducted by independent research firm, Directive Analytics, that reveals what America loves most about Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
The "Golden Ears Survey" polled more than 8,000 consumers ...
Disneys Opening Brings Magical Fantasy To Life
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On Sunday, Disneyland officially turns 50.
This is of particular interest to boys (and girls) my age because it could well be the first time all of us recall, simultaneously and in vivid detail, something that happened a half-century ago. In fact, we can all probably remember the vast build-up to the opening, because we were the very fuel with which Walt Disney planned to power his new amusement ...
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Craftsmen must use their hands, heads and hearts to create the rides and inventions that make the park distinctly Disney.
Walt Disney dreamed the idea for Disneyland, but it took an army of innovators to build a place where people could step inside a story.
Disney tapped the best artists and risk-takers in his film studio to transform their two-dimensional fantasy worlds into a real place. When ...
Disneyland Gets Brass Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame
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The Award is given to organisations that have made significant contributions to the entertainment industry. Disneyland becomes the first ever corporation to receive a world famous brass star.
Disneyland got the star treatment on Thursday, when it became the first ever corporation to receive a version of the world famous brass stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck joined ...
First Paying Disneyland Guest Marks 50th Anniversary From Utah
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Dave MacPherson won't be at Disneyland's 50th anniversary. He wasn't invited, even though he holds lifetime privileges to Disney parks and a special honor: "First Paying Guest." MacPherson, 72, will mark Sunday's celebration in Anaheim, Calif., from 750 miles away at his southern Utah home, but he holds no grudge and proclaims himself Disneyland's biggest fan.
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Space Ride Worth The 2-Year Wait
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Shortly after moving to California from Tucson, Ariz., I realized my childhood dream of riding Space Mountain whenever I wanted.
After a stressful day at work, I'd zip up the Santa Ana (I-5) Freeway, whiz through the ride's darkness and scream my head off - the perfect way to let off steam and avoid yelling at co-workers.
For more than two years, I've had to find other ways to relieve tension as ...
Nemo Finds A Home In Disneyland Attractions
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Disneyland finally 'fessed up, admitting Friday what hard-core fans have been saying for weeks.
"The subs are coming back," said Jay Rasulo, president of Walt Disney's Parks and Resorts division.
In a trifecta of events and announcements, Disneyland said Friday that it was upgrading the old submarine ride and calling it the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. It also reopened Space Mountain after a ...
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One of Jack Lindquist's best memories of Disneyland goes back to 1955, the year it opened. Back then, checks arrived on Thursdays, but employees generally cashed them on Mondays. Everyone knew the till was always more full after the weekend.
A moment on the park's first Christmas Eve assured Lindquist that there would be many paychecks to come.
"I was walking down Main Street (near the end of ...
A Park With A Powerful Spell
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Disneyland opened on this day in 1955. For five decades, the Anaheim attraction has worked its magic on our culture and transformed the entertainment industry.
To build his dream theme park in Anaheim a half-century ago, Walt Disney borrowed against his life insurance policy and cashed in property, including a vacation home in Palm Springs, to pay the $17-million construction bill.
When the ...
Disneyland Celebrates 50th Anniversary
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Disneyland, the granddaddy of the modern theme park, marked its 50th anniversary with a ceremony that culminated with a fireworks-and-confetti display featuring Mickey Mouse and dozens of other characters brought to life by founder Walt Disney.
Thousands of fans, some waiting outside the gates since midnight, filled the theme park that was spruced up with touches of gold-colored gilding and fabric to ...
Skeptical Carson Woman Took Chance On Disney
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A half century ago, 84-year-old Janice Ayres of Carson City took a chance on a job with Disney Enterprises as the first marketing director for an amusement park being developed in Southern California.
As Disneyland celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, Ayres said she didn't understand then how the Anaheim project would be a booming success. Ayres, who worked for the company for five years ...
Disneyland Marks A Half Century
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Disneyland is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a bang. A lot of them, actually. A pyrotechnic extravaganza is being unleashed nightly as the latest manifestation of the park's fireworks show, and it's an impressive one.
As Disneyland pays homage to some of its most popular attractions down through the years, fireworks are not aimed straight into the sky but at angles, so as to resemble shooting ...
The Kingdom Was His Glory
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To build his dream theme park in Anaheim a half-century ago, Walt Disney borrowed against his life insurance policy and cashed in property, including a vacation home in Palm Springs, to pay the $17 million construction bill.
When the park opened July 17, 1955, toilets clogged, the food ran out and women's high heels sank into wet asphalt. Disney officials still refer to it as "Black Sunday.''
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Disneyland Still Magical At 50
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Disneyland is giving itself a 50th birthday bash and we're all invited. The party began on the fifth of May and my family and I visited on the eighth. When I passed through the turnstile, the employee greeted me with a hearty, "Welcome home," in keeping with the 50th Anniversary theme, "Happiest Homecoming on Earth." I did feel I was coming home, and I'm sure other guests had similar feelings. Disneyland ...
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If it's true that one man's trash is another man's treasure, then Brian Ramsey has found a gold mine.
A self-described Disney fanatic, he became obsessed with things the company was just getting rid of, WESH 2 News reported.
He's collected props, costumes, banners from the parks, and even rides.
He said Disneyland in California recently refurbished their Space Mountain. They sent their cars ...
Exacto Spring Strikes Deal With Disney
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"Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion. I am your host. Your ghost host . . . There's no turning back now."
With that ghoulish greeting, guests at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., are led into a plantation-style mansion where the black draperies and wreath from some long-ago funeral flap gently in the breeze.
Soon, the entire room plunges into total darkness.
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Computer Worm Hits Disney Computers Locks Reservations
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A computer worm briefly locked up reservation systems at Walt Disney World and Disneyland theme parks, according to a Local 6 News report.
Wednesday, a computer security firm in Finland detected four new versions of the computer worm that's infected some computers in the United States.
A computer virus researcher says there are now eleven different variations of the worm, which clogs networks ...
Disneyland Model Maker Died
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Fred Joerger, one of Disneyland's original model makers who crafted miniature versions of the park's Sleeping Beauty Castle and other attractions, has died. He was 91.
Joerger died of natural causes on Aug. 26 at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, according to his niece, Gloria Penrose, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
"He provided the ...
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At Disneyland's 50th anniversary celebration in July, Newport Beach resident Michael Geoghegan was one of the first people inside the gate.
He wasn't there to enjoy himself but to capture the sounds and secrets of the Magic Kingdom's special event for Disney fans.
Geoghegan treated his audience to a tour of Walt Disney's private apartment above the fire station on Main Street, interviews with ...
Thomas Kinkade's Newest Release, Disneyland 50th Anniversary, Debuts
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Thousands of people came on Saturday, September 10, 2005 to The Disney Gallery in New Orleans Square at Disneyland to see Thomas Kinkade's newest release, "Disneyland 50th Anniversary," and to have their limited edition pieces signed by Thomas Kinkade. Mr. Kinkade spent the afternoon in the park to celebrate the release of this new image and meet with collectors. As part of his visit to Southern ...
Walking In Her Footpaths
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Just try to coax Ruth Shellhorn into talking about that photograph of her at the White House more than 30 years ago, accepting an award from Pat Nixon. What was the award?
"I don't know," Shellhorn says.
At 95, it's understandable that a few details from a career spanning seven decades might grow fuzzy. But spend more time with Shellhorn - one of the designers credited with shaping two ...
Behind The Magic: 50 Years Of Disneyland
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The Henry Ford Museum is collaborating with Walt Disney Imagineering to create an exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Disneyland, Disney's original theme park, titled "Behind the Magic - 50 Years of Disneyland." This exhibit debuts at The Henry Ford Museum on September 23. "Behind the Magic" is the first exhibition of Walt Disney Imagineering art and artifacts focused on Disneyland to be widely ...
Disneyland Cast Members Dominate 2005 Disney Legends Awards
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In celebration of 50 years of Disneyland magic, The Walt Disney Company inducted the 2005 "class" of Disney Legends for their roles in creating the company's treasure trove of entertainment, particularly their part in creating "The Happiest Place on Earth." Today's 10:00 am ceremony was presented in the Main Street Opera House at Disneyland. Following the awards presentation, the honorees participated in a ...
Honda To Give Away A Civic-A-Day At The Disneyland Resort
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Starting October 1, Honda will present a month-long 2006 Civic-A-Day giveaway at the Disneyland Resort as part of the re-launch of "Space Mountain," American Honda Motor Co. and Disneyland Resort jointly announced today.
Honda's "The Coolest Ride in the Galaxy" sweepstakes is the latest addition to the 18-month celebration of Disneyland's 50th Anniversary that continues through 2006. Each day, one ...
Honda To Give Away A Civic-A-Day At Disneyland
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Starting October 1, Honda will present a month-long 2006 Civic-A-Day giveaway at the Disneyland Resort as part of the re-launch of "Space Mountain," American Honda Motor Co. and Disneyland Resort jointly announced today.
Honda's "The Coolest Ride in the Galaxy" sweepstakes is the latest addition to the 18-month celebration of Disneyland's 50th Anniversary that continues through 2006. Each day, one ...
Is Disneyland The Most Expensive Place On Earth?
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Planning a trip to Disneyland? Prepare for high prices, terrible food and ridiculously long lines.
They call it the happiest celebration on Earth. And they could be right - no one puts on a show quite like Disneyland. But sadly, being part of the magic doesn't come cheap. Especially on a Kiwi budget.
The dollar was looking good. That's why we chose now to vist Disneyland's 50th anniversary ...
Disneyland Celebrates 50th Anniversary
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Disneyland, "The Mickey Mouse Club" and the Mouseketeers -- three American pop culture icons -- share their 50th anniversaries in 2005 and 10 of the original Mouseketeers are returning "home" to Disneyland on Monday, October 3, to celebrate their golden milestone where they first made their initial public appearance. In salute to one of the most popular children's television shows of all-time, the ...
Walt, Meet Henry: The Henry Ford Premieres Disneyland Art And Artifacts
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Like Tinkerbell's fairy dust, the magic of Disneyland cannot be contained.
It started sparkling in Anaheim, Calif., 50 years ago with the birth of Walt Disney's original theme park. It has since spread to in Orlando, Paris, Tokyo and now Hong Kong.
Now the magic has reached Dearborn.
More specifically, it has cascaded into a 7,500-square-foot exhibit space at the Henry Ford and is beckoning ...
The Mickey Mouse Club Turns 50 At Disneyland
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Disneyland is celebrating another "golden" milestone -- The Mickey Mouse Club is turning 50! Ten of the original Mouseketeers will be on hand at the Happiest Place on Earth for the celebration: Sherry Alberoni, Sharon Baird, Bobby Burgess, Lonnie Burr, Tommy Cole, Cheryl Holdridge, Cubby O'Brien, Karen Pandleton, Doreen Tracey and Mary Espinosa will once again put on their famous Mouse Ears.
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Restoring Disney's Wonderful World
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Congratulations to Robert Iger, who takes the lead to run the great Walt Disney Company-Iger's only the sixth man to do so, following Michael Eisner-and cheers to his restoration of what was once America's most magical motion picture company. Walt Disney was a genius-Mr. Eisner had his day, too, especially early on-and if low-key Iger merely polishes and protects what Mr. Disney created, his stewardship ...
Riverside Resident Is First Guest To Win A 2006 Honda Civic In Civic-A-Day Giveaway At Disneyland Resort
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Kami McGiffin, 23, of Riverside, Calif., was the first winner of a 2006 Honda Civic on Saturday, October 1, in Honda's month-long Civic-A-Day giveaway at the Disneyland Resort. Presented daily throughout October, the contest is part of the re-launch of "Space Mountain."
Honda's "The Coolest Ride in the Galaxy" sweepstakes is the latest addition to the 18-month celebration of Disneyland's 50th ...
It's A Small World: Disneyland's Economic Impact On Region Estimated At $180 Million
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It's early morning on a Thursday at the Oceanside Transit Center, where Dan Mahin of Carlsbad and Tom Hernandez of Vista wait to catch Amtrak No. 763 to Anaheim. From there, they will board a shuttle to their jobs.
On a Monday afternoon at Premier Color Nursery in Fallbrook, ornamental plants such as snapdragons, pansies, cyclamens and Iceland poppies are prepared for delivery.
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Disneyland In Dearborn
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The Henry Ford is collaborating with Walt Disney Imagineering, to create an unprecedented exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Disneyland -- Disney's original theme park. Titled "Behind the Magic: 50 Years of Disneyland," the exhibit brings to life Walt Disney's creation that established a brand new genre of family entertainment.
This rare and innovative exhibit opened Sept. 30.
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Make-A-Wish Foundation And Disney Celebrate The 50,000th Disney Theme Park Wish
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Christian Marlowe, a 5-year-old from Coos Bay, Ore., was all smiles today aboard a magic carpet when he, along with the Genie from Aladdin, a huge magic lamp and a special cake, arrived in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland for a ceremony in his honor. Christian is the 50,000th child to have a Disney theme park wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Disney. His special wish was simple: ...
Ears To You, Disneyland
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"Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me ...."
That song hasn't left my head since Monday morning when, for a moment, I was a Disney Mouseketeer; honorary member of the Mickey Mouse Club.
Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the debut of the original Mickey Mouse Club on Oct. 3, 1955, and Disneyland rolled out the red carpet - well, actually it was the black carpet in the shape ...
Cal-OSHA Finds Disney Coaster Accident Due To Faulty Brakes
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The collision of two trains on the California Screamin' roller coaster, which sent 17 riders to the hospital, was caused by air leaks in the braking system, according to a state report released Thursday.
The July 29 accident, in which a 24-person rail car rear-ended another 24-person car and stopped near the passenger platform, has been under investigation by the California Division of Occupational ...
Happiest Race On Earth Takes Runners Through Disneyland And Angel Stadium
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Dust off those running shoes -- Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle, Disneyland Resort President Matt Ouimet and Mickey Mouse announced today plans for the inaugural Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend scheduled for September 15-17, 2006. Nearly 10,000 runners are expected to participate in the "Happiest Race on Earth," a 13.1-mile road race that will take runners through Disney's California Adventure and Disneyland ...
Mansion To Haunt Comics
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Dan Vado, president of comic publisher Slave Labor Graphics, told SCI FI Wire that its upcoming Haunted Mansion comic book takes its inspiration directly from the Disneyland ride on which it is based. "The book is the ride put together in comic-book form," Vado said in an interview. "Basically what we're trying to do is take all the classic elements of the ride and create a story that kind of fills things ...
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This week, our unlicensed astrologers tell your fortune based on your favorite attraction at Disneyland.
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Drinking a can of beer through a straw is totally unclassy, but drinking an entire pitcher that way will make you the biggest badass in a 12-mile radius.
Dumbo
You'll attend a "Funk and Waffles" party. Waffles - $1. Funk - free. Funk AND waffles - priceless.
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Australia A Lucrative Market For Disneyland Resort
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He claims to have the best job in the corporate world and the president of America's Disneyland Resort said it's Australians who have helped make his theme park a global success.
Matt Ouimet is in Australia to meet with various local travel companies to discuss deals for Australians wanting to visit Disneyland during its current 50th birthday celebrations.
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Behold The Right Place, Right Time
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While in California to train Cingular Wireless clients, Haldis Miller, 23, of Bothell, took a Saturday side trip to Disneyland. She was last there at age 6.
Suddenly she found herself that day's winner of a 2006 Honda Civic, as part of Disneyland's mont long, Civic-a-Day giveaway, itself part of Disneyland's 50th anniversary festivities.
``I was amazed,'' said Haldis by phone, in the midst of a ...
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Now it can be told. Terry O'Brien sank the ship at Disneyland.
If you read accounts about the opening of the park 50 years ago, you might read about how the Mark Twain paddlewheel boat sank on one of its maiden voyages, but no details or the reason are ever given, because O'Brien didn't talk until now.
``Now, I figure, what can they do to me? They can't fire me.''
O'Brien grew up in ...
Haunted Mansion Secrets
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Growing up in Los Angeles, we used to go to Disneyland at least a few times a year, and, as such, its assorted attractions often ceased to thrill at a certain point. But the Haunted Mansion was one of the few things that, even twenty years later, still seems worth a drive to Orange County. Anything you ever wanted to know about the hologram-heavy extravaganza can be found at Haunted Mansion Secrets. Sure, ...
Secrets Of The Haunted Mansion
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I think it's safe to lament that Disneyland has not been the same since Walt died. Sure, they've added some new attractions. Space Mountain many years ago, and then California Adventure and what not more recently. But think about some of those early rides, the ones that still operate and treat kids to the kind of real life or, well, animatronic characters that make their eyes pop out. Think of the Pirates ...
Disney's Technology Grows Up
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At the Turtle Talk With Crush exhibit at Disney's California Adventure theme park, Crush the sea turtle makes a cameo like those at the start of most Disney rides. Nothing seems out of the ordinary as the character goes though the script with a cast member, until the Finding Nemo star takes questions from the audience.
"I want to talk to this little dude in the purple shirt," Crush says, "the one up ...
Happiest Place On Earth' Calms Crankiness, Almost
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A while ago, I went on a vacation to Disneyland for a small-scale family reunion.
Now I have to tell you, I am not a stranger to Disneyland. I love the "happiest place on earth." It's a genetic thing, I guess, because my whole family loves it, too.
But on every trip I've ever been on, there is one constant: people around me complaining about the lines.
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Siemens Inks Sponsorship Deal With Disney
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Walt Disney Co. has signed a 12-year marketing agreement with technology giant Siemens AG that includes rights for Siemens to sponsor a number of attractions at Walt Disney World in Orlando.
Siemens will have its brand on the Epcot icon, "SpaceShip Earth," the nighttime Epcot fireworks show, "Illuminations: Reflections of Earth," as well as new attractions that will be incorporated into Innoventions ...
New Monthly Podcast Takes Listeners Behind-The-Magic Of The Happiest Place on Earth
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The Disneyland Resort in southern California has premiered the Official Disneyland Resort Podcast, an entertaining and informative monthly show featuring a "Behind-the-Magic" look at what's new and exciting at "The Happiest Place on Earth." This unique Internet-based show is free, available now and is accessible to a global audience at: http://www.disneyland.com/podcast or via a "Disneyland" search on ...
Sleigh Bells Ring, Snow Falls and Chestnuts Roast at The Merriest Place on Earth
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As its 50th Anniversary celebration continues in full swing, the Disneyland Resort has been transformed into a dazzling holiday wonderland (now through January 2) featuring an unbelievable array of spectacular entertainment, amazing decorations, festive foods and favorite adventures and attractions.
The fun is extended with expanded park hours for Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure for much ...
Disneyland And South Coast Plaza Pin Hopes On Tourists
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The Disneyland Resort's experiment selling tickets at South Coast Plaza has gone so well that a $100 purchase now comes with a free collector's pin set.
The pins, featuring Disneyland's King Arthur Carousel and South Coast's Carousel Court, are available while supplies last. They are free with a minimum purchase of $100 of single-day or multi-day admission tickets to the theme parks.
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Monday, November 14: Grace is on her honeymoon, so my daughter and I set off for Disneyland.
It's a confronting experience to be welcomed by a dozen grown men dressed as Mickey Mouse.
But Matilda was more terrified of the undisguised humans, who seemed to glower at everyone through their burgers and chips.
We took a ride on It's a Small World, which I thought ...
50 Things You Didn't Know About Disneyland
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In honor of Disneyland's 50th anniversary, we present 50 cool, obscure and simply odd things you probably didn't know about the self-proclaimed Happiest Place on Earth. Many were culled from Mouse Tales by David Koenig (Bonaventure, $19.95). Some were provided by Disney archivist Dave Smith, and others came from 101 Things You Never Knew About Disneyland by former park employee Kevin Yee and lifelong fan ...
Disneyland Marks 50 Years Of Magic
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To build his dream theme park a half-century ago, Walt Disney borrowed against his life-insurance policy and cashed in property, including a vacation home in Palm Springs, to pay the $17 million construction bill.When the theme park opened July 17, 1955, on a sweltering day, toilets clogged, the food ran out and women's high heels sank into wet asphalt. Disney officials still call it Black Sunday.
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Celebrities Decorate Disneyland Ornaments For Hurricane Victims
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Some of Hollywood's stars of past and present are using their creativity to help young hurricane victims and children across the nation. Leonardo DiCaprio, Christina Aguilera, Susan Sarandon, Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Donald Trump, William Shatner, Courtney Cox and David Arquette -- and many more famous faces from Hollywood -- personally decorated and signed gold Mickey Mouse bulbs. The entire set of ...
Is Elvis In The Building?
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From a parade grand marshal who's a real turkey named Marshmallow to giant Christmas trees and Elvis sightings, both real and perhaps imagined, the holidays have arrived at The Merriest Place on Earth. And, along with nightly snow showers on Disneyland's Main Street USA has come a flurry of speculation as to what the future holds for Walt Disney's original Magic Kingdom.
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Settlement Ends Lawsuit In Disneyland Thunder Mountain Death
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The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a 22-year-old man killed on a roller coaster at Disneyland in 2003.
Disney said Friday it accepts responsibility for incorrectly performing maintenance on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride. An axle assemble came loose on the ride on Sept. 5, 2003, causing the first passenger car to jackknife and slam into ...
Bit Of Disney Magic Found In Used Book
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Like a scene from the movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Austinite James Peterson found a "golden" ticket - an unused Disneyland ticket from the 1950s - tucked into a book of poetry at Half Price Books on U.S. 183 North.
This week, he sold the complimentary child's ticket to the amusement park in Anaheim, Calif., on eBay for $435.
"In this case the ticket is not golden, but it's ...
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A Disneyland employee was taken to a hospital after being exposed to a chemical cloud in the park's maintenance area, an Anaheim fire official said.
The incident on Saturday came one day after three Disney employees from the adjacent California Adventure Park were treated at a hospital and released after one of them inadvertently mixed two chemicals in a water treatment center for one of the park ...
Disneyland: Working The crowds
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Visitors making their annual pilgrimage to Anaheim over the next 10 days could be greeted by this sign: Disneyland is full.
The holidays are the busiest time of year at the Disneyland Resort and this year, with heavy marketing for the 50th anniversary, even more people are trekking to see the Christmas tree, entertainment and nighttime snow on Main Street.
While "sold-out" is good news for most ...
Doing Disneyland Right
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An overstatement, certainly. But the truth is that every aspect of Disneyland -- from its Fastpass ride system, to its months-in-advance reservations for popular "character meals," to its early-entry admission perks -- rewards organization and discourages instant gratification.
Can you have a great time flying seat-of-your-pants at Disneyland? Absolutely. But I guarantee that you'll spend less time ...
Disneyland Christmas Photoblogging
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The Lovely Christine and I went to Disneyland for Christmas. I'm not a huge Disney fan, mainly because I know a little too much about Disney.
Back in the 1990's, I worked for a company in Orange County, first as the head of their computer training division, and later as the head of the programming/networking division. While I was the training manager, we got the contract to provide all the computer ...
2,000 Evacuated In Disneyland Hotel Fire
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Some 2,300 guests were evacuated from the Disneyland Grand Californian Hotel, at the world-famous amusement park in Anaheim, on Wednesday after a Christmas tree caught fire in the lobby.
Two minor injuries were reported in the blaze, which broke out about 3 a.m. local time (6 a.m. EST) on the artificial, 35-foot (10.5-meter) tree at the 745-room hotel.
"It was electrical in nature. It was the ...
Christmas Tree Catches Fire At Disneyland Hotel
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A towering Christmas tree caught fire today in the lobby of the Disneyland Resort's Grand Californian, prompting thousands of guests to be evacuated but no major injuries were reported, authorities said.
The fire began shortly before 3 a.m. at the 745-room hotel, next to the California Adventure theme park, activating the sprinkler system and other alarms. But firefighters doused the blaze shortly ...
